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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Ananta Dasa<br />
| honorific_prefix = Sisu<br />
| image = Mahapurusa Sishu Ananta.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| imagesize = <br />
| language = [[Odia Language|Odia]]<br />
| birth_date = {{circa|1475}} <ref name="Das 1951 p. 3 , 41">{{cite book | last=Das | first=C. | title=Studies in medieval religion and literature of Orissa | publisher=Visva-Bharati | series=Visva-Bharati studies | year=1951 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z29tAAAAIAAJ | access-date=2019-09-26 | page=3,41}}</ref><br />
| birth_place = Balipatana, Khordha district, Odisha<br />
| nationality = <br />
| occupation = Seer, poet<br />
| genre = Mythology,Ballads<br />
| native_name = ଶିଶୁ ଅନନ୍ତ ଦାସ<br />
| native_name_lang = or<br />
| notable_works = ''Hetu Udaya Bhagabata''<br />
}}<br />
Sisu''' Ananta Dasa''' (also spelled as '''Ananta Das'''; {{Lang-or|ଶିଶୁ ଅନନ୍ତ ଦାସ}}; born {{circa|1475}}) was an [[Oriya poetry|Odia poet]], [[litterateur]] and mystic. He was one of the five great poets in Odia literature, the Panchasakha during the [[Bhakti movement|Bhakti age]] of literature.He is known for his work Hetu Udaya Bhagabata .<ref name="Mukherjee 1981 p. 87">{{cite book | last=Mukherjee | first=P. | title=The History of Medieval Vaishnavism in Orissa | publisher=Asian Educational Services | year=1981 | isbn=978-81-206-0229-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7LFzfbhmJcMC&pg=PA87 | access-date=2019-09-26 | page=87}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Not much is known about his early life. Some of the later writers have mentioned his parentage. Ananta was born Ananta Mohanty at village Balipatana. His father's name was Kapila Mohanty.<ref name="Das 1951 p. 3 , 41"/><ref name="Mukherjee 1981 p. 86">{{cite book | last=Mukherjee | first=P. | title=The History of Medieval Vaishnavism in Orissa | publisher=Asian Educational Services | year=1981 | isbn=978-81-206-0229-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7LFzfbhmJcMC&pg=PA86 | access-date=2019-09-26 | page=86}}</ref> He was one of the chief saints of Utkaliya Vaishnavism and propagator of the Sisu sampradaya.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Das|first=Pt. Suryanarayan|title=Odia Sahityara Itihasa|publisher=Grantha Mandir|year=1976|edition=2nd|location=Cuttack|language=Odia|trans-title=History of Odia literature}}</ref><br />
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== Literary works ==<br />
His magnum opus was Hetu Udaya Bhāgabata. A list of his known works is as below.<br />
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* Chumbaka malikā <br />
* Nilagiri charita<br />
* Hetu Udaya Bhāgabata<br />
* Artha Tāreni Prasnottara<br />
* Anākāra Samhitā<br />
* Bhaktimuktipradāyaka Geetā<br />
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[[Category:Poets from Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male poets]]<br />
[[Category:Odia-language poets]]<br />
[[Category:People from Odisha]]<br />
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[[Category:15th-century Indian poets]]<br />
[[Category:Devotees of Jagannath]]<br />
[[Category:Odissi music composers]]</div>>Prateek Pattanaik